Sell Used Books on Amazon, eBay and Online for Profit

How to start and profitably run an online book business, by Amazon Seller
Skip McGrath

Used books could be one of the simplest –and profitable online businesses for the little guy or gal today. If you enjoy books, and working from home, consider the used books business.

Over $12 billion worth of used books sell in the United States every year –and the fastest growing segment is online. Over $2
billion worth of used books are sold on eBay alone. Amazon won't release their figures for used books, but analysts estimate sales to be over $3
billion a year in the USA, and more in the various overseas countries where Amazon operates.

There are also the English-speaking overseas markets. Last year I sold books to customers in Singapore, England, Canada, Australia, and even to India –and overseas customers happily pay even more than US customers.

With the advent of Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) this is also the perfect
business for people who like to travel such as boaters and RV'ers. (Keep reading
for more information.)

Selling used books on eBay, Amazon and the Internet is one of the easiest online businesses to start. The most difficult problem that eBay and other online sellers have today is finding merchandise they can sell at a profit. Selling used books solves this problem. There is a ready market for used books –and they are easy to source at great prices.

I purchased Skip McGrath's How to Sell Used Books on eBay,
Amazon, and the Internet the same day I read about it in his
newsletter, and read it cover to cover in one sitting. I was
hooked.

I
predict that within the year I will be making a consistent
profit at this business, once I have recovered all my
start-up costs. On more than one occasion, I have purchased
books for less than one dollar and sold them for more than
$75.00! I frequently sell 49 cent books for more than $10.00! I
love books and have finally found work that coincides with a
passion.

Robin G, Goose Creek, South Carolina

The used book business does not require a large investment to get started
and the risk of failure is pretty low. There are only two reasons people fail in this
business:

They are lazy and don't do the work

They fight the market.

This is a business where it really pays to go with the flow. If you can follow my simple steps, I will explain everything you need to know to succeed in this highly profitable business.

Why Sell Used Books Online?

Selling used books could be the perfect home-based business. Let's look at the advantages:

Virtually no risk

Start with an investment as little as $100

Unlimited –and still growing market

Recession proof business –people always buy books –and when the economy
is slow, the used books market tends to get better

Excellent profit margins

Used books are easy to source

Use Amazon FBA to fulfill your books to both eBay and Amazon customers
while you travel

If you work just a few hours a week, you can make as much as $1,000 a month extra cash

Do this full-time and you can make $10,000 a month –or more.

Books are easy to store, pack and ship

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This is a business that you can start with as little as $25 to $100 and has
almost no risk. If you were the worst book picker in the world you could at
least sell your books to break even –but we will teach you how to pick the best
books –books that will sell at prices 5 to10 times, or more, than you paid for
them.

Most eBay and Amazon sellers who sell new merchandise struggle to make a 25% profit margin.
You will learn how to buy and sell books that you can mark up 500% or more.

The used book market is virtually unlimited. There are over 30,000 used book
stores in America alone, but today the real growth in online sales. You can sell
on eBay, Amazon and several other online book venues.

Books are easy and quick to list. I can list a book on eBay or Amazon in less
than 3 minutes –in most cases eBay and Amazon even provide the photo.

Amazon FBA

In 2008, Amazon introduced Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA). The old Amazon was just
like eBay. When an item sold, you had to package it and ship to the customer.
FBA does that work for you. You send your books (or other products) to Amazon in
bulk –and when they sell, Amazon deals with the customer including packing and
shipping your order and handling any returns.

Here is the really good part: If you sell on eBay, your own website or any other
selling venue, Amazon will also do the same thing.

FBA means anyone can do this business while traveling. If you want to roam the
country in an RV or go port-to-port in a boat, you can do that and still run
your business.

Books can have insanely high profit margins

What other business can you think of where you can go to a garage sale or a
flea market, buy something for 25¢ or 50¢ and sell it for $5, $10, $20 or
even more? How much more...?

Here are some books that I have found and sold online in the past year:

Title

Cost

Sold For

Soldiers: The Nineties photography by Wolfgang Tillmans

$1.00

$305.00

An American Exodus by Dorothea Lange

$5.00

$319.00

Linda McCartney's Sixties Portrait Of An Era

Free

$215.00

History of Ferrari Motorcars

$4.00

$49.00

The Art and Craft of Shorebird Decoys

$2.50

$329.00

Life of Sitting Bull by Johnson

$0.50

$38.00

A Bridge To Far by Cornelius Ryan (1st Ed.)

$1.00

$147.00

1946 TRADER VIC'S Cocktail Drink Recipes

$3.00

$205.00

Deepak Chopra, Chopra Center Cookbook

$2.00

$40.00

How To Develop a Winning Trading System by Van Tharp

$1.00

$240.00

How To Increase The Income From Your Real Estate Investments

$0.50

$69.00

A book sale like this can uncover dozens of books that you can sell for nice
profits at Amazon, eBay or other places on the Internet.

Now to be real, you don't find books like this and make sales like that every
day –but you do it often enough that you can always find books like these and
others that sell at high prices. Most of the books you find and sell will cost
you between 25¢ and $2 or $3 and will sell for between $10 and $25. These are
your bread and butter books.

You are probably thinking something like, "I don't know anything about books
or literature." That is OK...because I specialize in non-fiction books –and I
recommend you do also. (Note: Non-fiction books are the bread and butter of most
book seller's businesses.)

In fact, I avoid literature and fiction unless I run into the occasional slam
dunk that I know can't go wrong. Like the time I found a first edition of Tom
Clancy's second book at a thrift shop for $1.00 and sold it for over $60...but I
digress.

The best –and easiest markets are for non-fiction books on subjects on:

Art & photography

Transportation – Cars, motorcycles, aircraft, trains, boats, etc.

History books on almost any subject

How-to books

Cookbooks

Children's books

Medical and legal books

Certain textbooks

Old books on physics, science, math and biology

Illustrated books

Sports

Military subjects

This is just a partial list. How To Sell Used Books on eBay, Amazon and The Internet
has a more extensive list –and that is one of the secrets to success...learning
what to buy. We teach you how to find the books that will sell quickly and know
the prices before you buy.

We even show you a way to check prices from your cell phone before you buy a
book.

When I first saw the price of your book, I blanched. But then I
realized that today $17 will only buy 5 gallons of gas or a 1/2 a
bag of groceries. But this book can help me make some extra
money to afford those. So I bought. I am just getting through it
–not even finished yet. But it's a really good book. It's really
simple and easy to understand and I think anyone could do this.
Thanks so much.

Stephanie H, Bangor Maine

If I do this business will my house fill up with thousands of books?

If you didn't know what you were doing this could happen. Using my methods,
you can have a great business with just a few books in stock at any one time
–about what would fit into one good sized bookcase.

I will teach you how to only buy books that will sell quickly, and how to
turn your inventory over so you are not stuck with a bunch of unsalable books.

If you don't want to bother storing and shipping books, then Amazon will do
it for you. One major feature of selling on Amazon, is their FBA (Fulfillment by
Amazon) program. With FBA, you pack up a box of books and send to Amazon (at a
very low shipping rate Amazon gives you). When your book sells, Amazon ships it
to the customer for you and handles returns and customer service. And, you are
not limited to Amazon. If you sell a book on eBay, your website or any other
venue, then Amazon will ship it to your buyer –again, at a very low rate - much
cheaper than you can get on your own.

There are even some sellers who specialize in very expensive books. These
sellers rarely have more than a few dozen books in stock at any one time –yet,
some
make thousands of dollars a month selling them online.

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A table like this at your local thrift shop can contain dozens of books you
can buy for a dollar (or less) that will sell for $20 and more on eBay and Amazon.com.

This is one of my most popular books. Originally published in 2012, I
updated in 2014 and again in 2016.

Anyone who bought the original version of this book got the updated version FREE
OF CHARGE. Anyone who buys this version of the book will get any updates free of
charge too. That's in addition to any new bonus items that come with the book.

I tell you everything you need to get started:

Where to find books

Which books to buy and more importantly –which books NOT to buy

How much to pay for them

Where to sell them

How to sell them

How much to charge for your books

How to automate your listings

How to automate your shipping

How to determine the value of a book BEFORE you buy it

How to write book descriptions that sell

My personal Rolodex of booksellers resources

Special BONUS #1 - A list of
books to look for that sell for $250 or more –many up to $2,500. This
bonus is attached to the appendix. And yes, you really can find books like
these.

Special BONUS #2 - FREE Updates. Simply bookmark (add to favorites) your
download page. You will be entitled to free lifetime updated copies and
special reports, articles, new resources and tips for buying and selling
books. This information will only be available to original purchasers.

Special BONUS #3 - $20 Discount
on the purchase of The Complete Amazon Marketing System.

Skip, I just want to THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

I have been selling a small amount of books on eBay, but the
weekend that I completed reading your book, and implementing two
of the resources that you mentioned, my book sales soared!!! I
was able to make some amazing purchases as well, with full
knowledge that the books would sell!!!

I highly recommend your book to anyone who wants to make money
without much risk!

Karen B, Pittsburgh, PA

OK - the book business isn't for everyone, but if this does interest you, it can be
one of the greatest online businesses in the world.

This is a business where
you can truly make some good money and have fun at the same time.

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Read the book and follow my instructions to buy books from local garage sales.
Spend no more than $25. If you don't at least double your money on those first books,
send me an email and I will refund your full purchase price.

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